{"product_id":"pleasant-valley-lost-paperback","title":"Pleasant Valley Lost - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph J. Swope\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaxy Awards Winner - Best Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe government took the land. But it couldn't erase what was built there.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1960s, Joseph J. Swope's family farm-worked for generations in one of Pennsylvania's most fertile valleys-was condemned to make way for the Blue Marsh Dam. What followed was not just the loss of property, but the dismantling of a way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePleasant Valley Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, Swope recounts the final years of the farm his family called home, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers moved forward with a project that would ultimately submerge an entire community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with clarity and conviction, this memoir captures the emotional toll of displacement-the uncertainty, the resistance, and the quiet resilience required to move forward when everything familiar is taken away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a personal story, it is a record of a vanished place and a reminder of the human cost behind progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 540\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48115391135992,"sku":"9781612964676","price":37.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/vKecRxVfBH9781612964676.webp?v=1782817849","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/pleasant-valley-lost-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}